Guido:
> Hmm, maybe the current directory should be last? That way you can
> import your own modules except if they clash with the standard
> library. Hm, but there are so many standard library modules that it
> might still cause frequent complaints from mystified beginners.
Maybe in Python 3.0 the current directory should appear as a
package with some standard name. Then applications could use
relative imports to import their own modules, and absolute
ones to import standard modules, without fear of conflict.
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